Rodolfo Huallpa, Brujula Digital: In Yapacaní, a journalist is expelled from the Municipal Council for asking about a drug trafficking case Councilors Reynaldo Hurtado and Rigoberto Blanco at the time they rebuke the journalist. Photo: screenshot. Journalist Marcelino Rodríguez, director of radio Omega in the municipality of Yapacaní, was stigmatized and prevented from accessing information…
Month: February 2024
evo: inopportune and clumsy road blockade – bloqueo inoportuno y torpe
Editorial, El Diario: Evo Morales and the luck of the boomerang The boomerang is a special small wooden weapon, which is thrown by hand and after hitting the enemy it returns to the hands of the person who threw it. Like that type of weapon of an Australian population, it was the road blockade that…
How Socialist Bolivia Is Trying To Cash In On Lithium, To The Benefit Of China | Cómo la Bolivia socialista está tratando de sacar provecho del litio, en beneficio de China
Sergio Herrera Deza, Crunch: Bolivia believes lithium is the new “white gold,” for its role in fueling new technologies. Distrusting Western investments and technology, it’s counting on collaborations with Russia and China. But there will be problems at home that could block it all. View of the new plant for the production of lithium carbonate…
Fitch downgrades Bolivia’s rating | Fitch baja la calificación de Bolivia
The Star: Fitch cut the country to CCC from B- after reserves dipped by US$2.1bil last year to just US$1.7bil. — Bloomberg LA PAZ: Bolivia was downgraded further into junk territory by Fitch Ratings, which says falling international reserves threaten the nation’s ability to service its debt. Fitch cut the country to CCC from B-…
Protecting Amazon’s most biodiverse regions | Protegiendo regiones con mayor biodiversidad del Amazonas
Mary Kate McCoy, Conservation International: In Bolivia, a ‘conservation mosaic’ gets another (big) piece In the remote lowland forests of northwestern Bolivia, a small municipality has taken a big step to protect one of the Amazon’s most biodiverse regions. With support from Conservation International, the municipality of Sena established a law to protect 452,639 hectares…
The country is falling apart | El país se cae a pedazos
Antonio Saravia, Brujula Digital: And we are to blame. We were the ones who elected the MAS and gave it resounding victories since 2005. Yes, they committed fraud, took over justice and used perks and violence to screw themselves into power, but without our votes, our passivity and our fear, they wouldn’t have made it….
Bolivian Thoughts | Pensamientos Bolivianos (Bilingual/Bilingüe) 